MIDDLEBURY -- A state commission has thrown out a complaint filed by a Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department member against its chief.

Former member Anastasia Persico alleged in a complaint filed with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities that Fire Chief Paul J. Perrotti discriminated against her because of her gender. Persico was later suspended and subsequently terminated from the department for failing to follow internal procedures.

The commission stated in a three-page document dated Oct. 22 that no evidence of gender harassment could be found.

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